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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  ...rglades]], Florida. She carried out her training activities there into the winter of 1943-1944. One event highlighted her service during this period: On 13 N ...ns there. ''Absecon'' carried out this training through the end of [[World War II]] on 15 August 1945 and into September 1945. During those nine months, s
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ...o]] during [[World War II]], and continued her Borneo operations after the war ended. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 26 June 1946 and ==Vietnam War service 1967-1968==
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• USS Downes (DD-45)
  ...assin''-class]] [[destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]]. She was later transferred to the [[United States Coast Guard]], where ==World War I==
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...fective 20 mm air defence weapon used by the [[Finnish Army]] during World War II. A total of 174 guns were built, used in training until 1970s and kept
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• Armstrong Gun
  ...tai 1868.jpg|thumb|Armstrong gun deployed by [[Japan]] during the [[Boshin war]] (1868–69).]] In 1854 Armstrong approached the [[Secretary of State for War]], proposing that he construct a [[Rifled breech loader|rifled breech-loadi
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• 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT
  | wars = [[Winter War]] [[Continuation War]]
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. ...ion Tykkitehdas'' - State Artillery Factory) in 1939-41. When the [[Winter War]] began in November 1939, the Finnish Army had 98 guns of the type. The gun
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• Breda Model 35
  ...Italy]]<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{CHN}}<ref>Some were captured during the war and pressed into service [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipar |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]
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• Lahti L-35
  | era=World War II | wars=[[World War II]]</br> [[Winter War]]</br> [[Continuation War]]
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• Nagant M1895
  ...War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese Civil War]] , [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] ...ol in 1933 but was still produced and used in great numbers during [[World War II]]. The distinctive shape and name helped it achieve cult status in Russi
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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• Hellebore
  ...ses in [[witchcraft]]. They are particularly valued by gardeners for their winter and early spring flowering period; the plants are surprisingly [[frost]]-re ...e, bears its pure white flowers (which often age to pink) in the depths of winter; large-flowered [[cultivar]]s are available, as are pink-flowered and [[dou
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...ting, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]]. As a consequence of the outbreak of war, many thousands of Oxfords would be ordered by Britain and its allies, incl
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• Kirza
  ...hnology was improved and the mass production was resumed in the autumn and winter of 1941 during the [[German invasion of Soviet Union]], since the large num
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• Embalming chemicals
  ...ww.perc.org/perc.php?subsection=5&id=1015 Green Burial], [[PERC Reports]], Winter 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.</ref> During the American Civil War, the Union Army, wanting to transport slain soldiers from the battle fields
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• Edward Giles Stone
  ...ended to enable efforts to be concentrated on building boats, during World War 1. Never completed.<ref name='cummings1986'>Cumming, D.A. and Moxham, G., " ...ended to enable efforts to be concentrated on building boats, during World War 1.<ref name='cummings1986' /><ref name='SAPP191786' />
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• Steel
  ...with other elements such as [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Winter|first=Mark|title=Periodic Table: Iron|publisher=The University of Sheffield [[war:Asero]]
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• Air safety
  ...system]]s (ILS), first used by a scheduled flight to make a landing in a [[Winter storm#Snowstorm|snowstorm]] at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] in 1 Following the development of [[radar]] in [[World War II]], it was deployed as a landing aid for civil aviation in the form of [[
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• Ergonomics
  [[World War II]] marked the development of new and complex machines and weaponry, and t In the decades since the war, ergonomics has continued to flourish and diversify. The [[Space Age]] crea
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• Chlorine
  ...ml|title=WebElements.com – Chlorine|accessdate=2007-03-17|publisher=Mark Winter [The University of Sheffield and WebElements Ltd, UK]}}</ref> Solutions of ...http://www.historynet.com/weaponry-use-of-chlorine-gas-cylinders-in-world-war-i.htm|publisher = historynet.com|accessdate = 2008-07-10}}</ref> and the re
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